LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 90, 11 March 1884, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

We regret our train parcels missed last evenimr,arid trust new arrangements made to-day will prevent such occurring m future. \ Alterations m the time table. are announced for Thursday. Mr D. J. Nathan, of the, firm of Messrs Joseph Nathan and Co., left Wellington by the s.a. Waihora on Saturday la3t en louie for- a tour- through' the East, Europe and America. We cordially wish Mr JS athan a pleasant trip; ■ • '\ By latest accounts from London, all descriptions of wool,, except crosabreds, "are weaker, and there is very slack atteu» dance at the sales., 240,000 bales hAve been catalogued, and about a tenth withwithdrawn. ' St. Paul's Cathedral Wellington was thronged on Saturday to witness 1 the weddiug of Dr George Joode, to Miss Harriette Hiddiford, daughter of the late Mr Daniel Riddiford, of Woburn, Hutt, Wellington. The tsishop of Wellington was to have officiated, but was prevented by illness. By cable we learn that owing to the extreme wet weather, the unfinished cricket match between the Australian Eleven and the Victoriaa team kaa been abandoned. The first cheese and butter factory m Gifeborne district is being established by a company with £5000 capital. The Dunedin Acclimatisation Society has fixed the season for shooting native game from April 1 to July 31 •' for shooting and coursing hares, from April 1 to July <31 ', for .shooting quail and pheasant?, from June 1 to July, 31, 1884. License fees for lulling hares," quail, and pheasants will be 3Od. About a thousand acres, adjacent to the South Pacific Petroleum Company's lease, about 18 uiiles from Gis borne, had been secured for a new couap.iny to be called the New. Zealand Petroleum Company.

Labor, a journal devoted to every branch of industry, baa the following : — ' Tne Colonial Treasurer of New South Wale^ the other day said, ' there was a clas-. of working rnon who worked from 16 to 17 hours a day, and yet were not con* sidered working men because they did not work with ther hands 2' There are many -of whom this can be said m New Zealand as well as m New South Wale 3. The work of those who write for the Press is like a woman's— never done. Tke San Francisco correspondent of the Auckland Herald says that false teeth Lave now become ao. fashionable m that city that if a man's teeth are perfectly ■ound be bas them painted with gold to make believe they are filled. . - - Tbe Mayor of Hawer'a (\lr-j£ate) faafe. been successful m floating tbe £5000 loan for gas, for which purpose he went to Wellington, last: weak,, A. St. Louis< clergyman has asked the newspapers not to report hia sermons since some of his congregation absent themselves from the liouse of , worship cause they can read the- substance of his discourse at their ease at the breakfast table. Mr Le^is, of Gracefield, Lower Huff, has shown the Post the produce of ft very prolific potato. Prom one root he got lOlbs of potatoes, two of whioh- weighed lib 6oz each, while two others turned the scale at l£ib. Thflse don't coise up to those sent to this office by Mr Russell of Rangitikei Line. . The Napier Telegraph hears from Wei-linet'-n that when the Hon. VV, Johnston resigned the portfolio of Public Worka his department disclosed a shocking state of neglect. Piles of letters and other communications unattendsd to, left a pretty legacy for the incoming Minister. It has at last been definitely. ascertained that the left-behind portion of the San Francisco mail was not sent by the Suez mail, w.hich arrived m the Waibora. There were 200 bags of newspapers left behind, and the Suez mail only comprised 160 bags all told, includ* ing letters, boot?, &<•.., as well. It is supposed that that the incoming San Francisco mail, trill bring the delayed papers. TLey will be slightly stale.

A pnb.io biinqußt, will be yiven to the winner ot tlio C««i;upion Belt and Kifle Ki-pre.senta'ives on Thursday, iv the Wangauui Drill Hall. The Nelson Mail says :— Captain Phillip Ilirriogtoi, now serving under General Baker m &<_yp\ served i;i the Nbic Zealand Wi>r of 1861, m command of the Ul Waikato Militia, and subsequently was inspector of the New Zealand Vohiuteers. He superintended the colonial priza firing on several occasions. The example set by the Kailwi natives, m connection with, their race meeting, (says the Herald) might safely be fol« lowed by some of our more civilized racing clubs. Tho Maoris hare decided that no liquor (of an intoxicating nature) i shall be admitted on the ground. The •resolve is a good one,' and we feel sure thai those present will enj>y the meeting quite as well without their waipero. The committee have sent m an applicttion to the Colonial Secretary for permission to have a totalizator on the ground. The Post is informed that the three principal prizes m Vulcan's' Wanganui Cup Discussion fell as follows ;-- First,. to, a geatjeuaan m .Cuba-street : second, to another resident m Wellington, the name of the street not m the blocks ; third, to a gentleman. in one of the boats and a gentleman m the working Men's Qlub. A. Nelson suoscriber, oat of four tickets, got two starters and one £9 prize. The Government having taken over the Tahoraite contract aro; pushing ou, with, it as fast hs possible, and are pre* pared to put on one hundred additional men if they own obtain them. " A Native advortisament appears else* where which is unique m its way, and has a peculiar significance of its own. We have been requested to contradict a paragraph that appeared m a ' recent issue of the Standard that air Stevens had purchased certain cattle of Messrs Russell of Te Matai, at a certain price. We are assured no such transfer took pliice. A correspondent of the Auckland Star says that m Auckland there are homes to be found that are a disgrace to humanity, and ought to be at once abolished. Just look, he says, at the hovels occupied m I Elliott Street. The land and buildings are owned by those who call themselves respectable citizens, and draw the rent for buildings not fit for pigs to lire m. Perhaps it the Building Inspector had bis attention drawn to the buildings referred . to, he might see his way clear to have ' them removed nt once. Mr M. W. Green has failed to obtain a ; seat on any committee m Diinedin (says the Star), although nominated , for all. This conspicuous defeat of the champion ; of prohibition should convince the Maine | liquor law advocates that m their extreme ' views they have not the support of public iopiuion, . Mr Greenwood, dentist, will vi?it Palmerston on Thursday, 13th March. Painless extraction under Nitrous Oxide gas. Walkley's Hotel, private entrance. — I Adtx.) A Boon to Mankind. — Baxter's Lung ; Preserver, by virtue of its .balsamic and : soothing properties, cannot be excelled as a soother of Pulmonic irritntion. Many i whose recovery had been despaired of by medical advisers and friends, have been spared to proclaim the astounding virtues of the Lung Preserver. It has been employed m the mansion as well as m the : cottage, and has convinced the aristocrat as well as the peasant that it is, indeed, a boon" to mankiud. It is pleasant to the , palate and may safely be taken m all • cases. Persons suffering from Bronchial ' affections, who take the Lung Preserver : will find the speedy effect to ■be diminution of pain and expectoration— Bra^, be» cause the mucous membranes are stimulated to throw tho phlegm up, aad second .because the medicine is adapted to thin ' the discharge before it leaves the bron* chial tubes and lungs'. This specific i , highly extolled by members of the medical and clerical professions and others. — To be had of all chemists and store" ' keepers. \,